How different was the eighteenth century to our own? Why are the Georgians famed for their libertinism? Was Georgian Britain a crucible of meritocracy? Francesca Peacock speaks to Penelope Corfield about her new book The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain.
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